H.V.Keep / civil war memento

Henry Virtner Keep:pg 124 in family history.born 30 May 1830 New Orleans, LA.died 22 Nov. 1883 on his cotton plantation in Issaquena Co., MS.Enlisted in Confederate Army as a Major of the Third Mississippi Regiment.Promoted to Lt. Col.Resigned from service on 17 June 1863.

If that V is an N....Horatio Nelson Keep: pg. 206 in family history:born 4 Feb 1822 in Granville, MA.moved to Ill.joined as Corporal in Co. A.115th Regiment, Ill. volunteers.Promoted to sergeant.Died 4 Oct. 1863 of wounds suffered at Battle of Chicamauga, (20 Sept. 1863).